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PITTSBURGH -- Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots, Bryan Rust and Brian Dumoulin scored their first NHL goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Monday night. Brandon Sutter added a short-handed goal and Steve Downie had a goal and an assist as the Peguins beat the Lightning for the 10th straight time. Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby missed his third straight game due to the mumps, though he is expected to return later in the week. Jonathan Drouin and Nikita Kucherov scored for Tampa Bay. Lightning goalie Ben Bishop left after the first period with a lower-body injury and did not return. Evgeni Nabokov made 18 saves in two periods and took the loss. ISLANDERS 3, DEVILS 2, SO UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- Josh Bailey scored the winning goal in the fifth round of the shootout, and the Islanders rallied in the third period for the second straight game/ Bailey fired a shot between the pads of Long Island native Keith Kincaid, who was trying for his first NHL victory in front of nearly two dozen family members. He was in line for the win until Matt Martin scored the tying goal with 4:15 left. Bailey also scored in the second period, and Kyle Okposo added a shootout goal for the Islanders. Jaroslav Halak made 26 saves to top the Devils. New York is 6-0 in shootouts and 9-0 after regulation. Marek Zidlicky and Scott Gomez scored first-period goals, and Jaromir Jagr assisted on both but New Jersey dropped its fourth straight (0-2-2). Kincaid finished with 31 saves. SABRES 5, SENATORS 4, SO BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Matt Moulson scored the only goal of the shootout to lift Buffalo to its sixth straight home win. Moulson and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored in regulation for the Sabres, while Brian Flynn and Marcus Foligno each had a goal and an assist as Buffalo has won a season-high four straight overall. The Sabres improved to 10-3 since starting the season 3-13-2. Alex Chiasson had a goal and an assist for the Senators, and Bobby Ryan, Curtis Lazar and Mark Stone also scored. Buffalo's Jhonas Enroth and Ottawa's Robin Lehner both had 29 saves through overtime. Enroth also stopped Mika Zibanejad, Kyle Turris and Bobby Ryan in the shootout.
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